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Poll Question: Which are your favourite French prog albums?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
10 [1.68%]
12 [2.02%]
7 [1.18%]
6 [1.01%]
1 [0.17%]
2 [0.34%]
12 [2.02%]
1 [0.17%]
3 [0.51%]
3 [0.51%]
14 [2.36%]
3 [0.51%]
72 [12.12%]
6 [1.01%]
5 [0.84%]
9 [1.52%]
2 [0.34%]
14 [2.36%]
235 [39.56%]
2 [0.34%]
3 [0.51%]
2 [0.34%]
1 [0.17%]
160 [26.94%]
9 [1.52%]
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2006 at 14:58
Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

Who voted 56 times for TAI PHONG???


nice to see the 10 votes for Kobaia also none in several days... 10 in 4 hours...

SAME THING AS DUN's "EROS"!!!



hahaha.. didn't see that either

BTW... love all the recommends everyone... unfortunately don't have much to add.. but taking notes...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2006 at 17:58

this kind of polls and threads are interesting, to know the likes of each one of us, why some people made a lot of votes, thats ridicolous, this isn´t the first time... dun - eros, 70 votes?

what an asshole


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2006 at 18:07
Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

this kind of polls and threads are interesting, to know the likes of each one of us, why some people made a lot of votes, thats ridicolous, this isn´t the first time... dun - eros, 70 votes?

what an asshole

You're right memo, this kind of persons should be sent away from the site!!!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2006 at 18:13
Send a PM tot Bob, I just did so Bob can trace his rude comments!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2006 at 07:19
Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

this kind of polls and threads are interesting, to know the likes of each one of us, why some people made a lot of votes, thats ridicolous, this isn´t the first time... dun - eros, 70 votes?

what an asshole

You're right memo, this kind of persons should be sent away from the site!!!

Ok, next time do not make multiple voting polls

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French Prog/

Four main currents (Gong which I consider french is not relly representative of French prog)

Magma school: Zeuhl and clearly the greatest French group. Almost the only group that created a genre by itself

Ange: A mix of symphonic and theatrical rock: classical at first (their first two were heavily leaning on genesis-type of symphonic rock) , original afterwards (from Au Delà Du Délire onwards , they used a very prominent vocal role and Descamp became the central figure even more than Gabriel was in genesis) and influential (prime achievment: they are mostly responsible for having many French groups trying it in the late 70's even though the mood for such music was on the fade out>> Shylock, Carpe Diem, Mona Lisa, Asia Minoer etc...)  , but clearly not on the same level of greatness than Magma

Lard Free, Heldon, Pinhas: the French side of Krautrock , these guys went far into their trip, and artistcally , they deserve to be the equal to Magma>>> My fave

Malicorne and other folk prog groups such as Ripaille or Asgard and Tangerine. This is never really groundbreaking stuff , but always progresses along by updating trad stuff

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2006 at 17:23
glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks Oxygene is a masterpiece.. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 07:33

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks Oxygene is a masterpiece.. 

Have you seen the votes???

Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxigene - 227 votes

Tai Phong - Windows 121 votes

Is it ginnyman???

 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 07:41
Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks Oxygene is a masterpiece.. 

Have you seen the votes???

Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxigene - 227 votes

Tai Phong - Windows 121 votes

Is it ginnyman???

 

 

Probably is... Amazing that people have nothing better to do than vote hundreds of times on matters that don't really matter to them...How stupid.

I love Oxygen, though I don't think its a masterpiece.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 07:43
The guy who made this (221 votes) is really stupid!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 12:23
Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks Oxygene is a masterpiece.. 

Have you seen the votes???

Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxigene - 227 votes

Tai Phong - Windows 121 votes

Is it ginnyman???

 

 

qhy are you thinking of ginnyman???

well, i think he is too


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 12:49

Uff what a difficult poll!

I really love Clearlight, early Ange, Sandrose and "..strands" by Pulsar.

But it´s very necessarily to mention:

XII Alphonse, Fugu, Taal and Drama

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 12:55
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2006 at 14:31

Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

Alain markusfeld








Which genre/subgenre he belongs???

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2006 at 15:20
Come on, people! Pulsar is awesome! Get voting for them!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2006 at 15:38

Originally posted by Heptade Heptade wrote:

Come on, people! Pulsar is awesome! Get voting for them!

"The Strands Of The Future" or "Halloween"???

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2006 at 22:10
Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

Originally posted by Heptade Heptade wrote:

Come on, people! Pulsar is awesome! Get voting for them!

"The Strands Of The Future" or "Halloween"???



hopefully Halloween hahahha... that's the one I ordered...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2006 at 14:12
Hi all, great poll here with nice references... Magma, Pulsar, Etron fou, Zao, Clearlight of course

other main early bands which were on the road in the 70ees :
  • "Crium delirium" they didn't want to be recorded but lately in the 90 they published live tapes in CD.
  • "Cheval fou" was a powerful trio very creative.
  • "Catherine Ribeiro et Alpes" a band and a great singer. There Patrice Moulet played his own instruments as percuphone and else.
  • "Potemkine" rather jazz-rock very original music.
  • Albert Marcoeur still live and well.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2006 at 08:20
Originally posted by nanookanono nanookanono wrote:

Hi all, great poll here with nice references... Magma, Pulsar, Etron fou, Zao, Clearlight of course

other main early bands which were on the road in the 70ees :
  • "Crium delirium" they didn't want to be recorded but lately in the 90 they published live tapes in CD.
  • "Cheval fou" was a powerful trio very creative.
  • "Catherine Ribeiro et Alpes" a band and a great singer. There Patrice Moulet played his own instruments as percuphone and else.
  • "Potemkine" rather jazz-rock very original music.
  • Albert Marcoeur still live and well.

Merci Beaucoup nanookanono.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2006 at 08:59
Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

Alain markusfeld


Which genre/subgenre he belongs???



Genre: Progressive
Sub genre(s): Psyche/space prog with some singing which may remind of Ange, but in less theatral.
The guitar is of course excellent, and can be hendrix-like at times.


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Here's what says gepr.net:

Markusfeld, Alain [France]

Le Monde En Etages (70), Le Son Tombe Du Ciel (71), Le Desert Noir (77), Platock (78), Contemporus (79), Live (80)

French guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, very unique. His albums blend multi-layered acoustic guitars with fiery leads, piano, ethereal female voices, throbbing bass and percussion. His guitar style could be described as early Larry Coryell (acoustic) meets Randy California (electric) with a strong middle-eastern influence. Le Desert Noir is a heavier guitar album which features drums on almost every track, overall very hendrix influenced. With Platock, there is more maturity in his sound, combining delicate acoustic guitars and more piano to his trademark sound, with less reliance on drums. Contemporus attempts to continue in the same vein, but fails to reach the same energy level, except possibly on the sidelong "Contemporus" suite. Start with Platock, which most will agree is his best. First two releases are very rare.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2006 at 13:26
Thanks Oliver!!!
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